Brady beats fellow American Pegula to make Australian Open semis The 22nd seed cast friendship aside and finished strongly with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win and will now face Czech Muchova AFP February 17, 2021 MELBOURNE: Big-serving Jennifer Brady staged a comeback three-set victory over fellow American Jessica Pegula Thursday to book an Australian Open semi-final with Karolina Muchova. The 22nd seed cast friendship aside and finished strongly with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win on Rod Laver Arena and will now face Czech 25th seed Muchova, who earlier stunned world number one Ashleigh Barty. Brady is the last woman standing among those forced into a hard 14-day quarantine after arriving in Australia.